| ADJECTIVE | all | ready | completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress |
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| all | ready | (of especially money) immediately available | |
| all | ready | mentally disposed | |
| all | ready | made suitable and available for immediate use | |
| all | ready, quick | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity / sensitivity | |
| NOUN | state | ready | poised for action / action |
| VERB | creation | ready, cook, fix, make, prepare | prepare for eating by applying heat |
| change | ready, fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| Sounds | reh'diy | |
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| Rhymes | already ... yesterday: 131 rhymes with diy... | |
| Meaning | Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress. | |
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| Attribute of | readiness, preparedness, preparation | The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) |
| Narrower | at the ready | Ready for immediate use |
| fit, primed, set | (usually followed by 'to' or 'for') on the point of or strongly disposed | |
| in order | In a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement | |
| prompt | Ready and willing or quick to act | |
| ripe | fully prepared or eager | |
| waiting, ready and waiting | And remaining ready and available for use | |
| See also | prepared | made ready or fit or suitable beforehand |
| willing | disposed or inclined toward | |
| Opposite | unready | not prepared or in a state of readiness |
| Spanish | listo | |
| Nouns | readiness | the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) |
| ready | poised for action / action | |
| Meaning | (of especially money) immediately available. | |
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| Broader | available | obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service |
| Meaning | mentally disposed. | |
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| Example | "he was ready to believe her" | |
| Broader | willing | disposed or inclined toward |
| Meaning | Made suitable and available for immediate use. | |
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| Example | "dinner is ready" | |
| Broader | prepared | made ready or fit or suitable beforehand |
| Meaning | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity / sensitivity. | |
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| Example | "a ready wit" | |
| Synonym | quick | |
| Broader | intelligent | Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree |
| Nouns | readiness | a natural effortlessness |
| Meaning | poised for action / action. | |
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| Example | "their guns were at the ready" | |
| Broader | readiness, preparedness, preparation | The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) |
| Adjectives | ready | completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress |
| Verbs | ready | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| Meaning | Prepare for eating by applying heat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The chefs ready the vegetables | |
| Synonyms | cook, fix, make, prepare | |
| Narrower | concoct, cook up | Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients |
| deglaze | dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid / liquid and stirring | |
| devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste | |
| dress, dress out | kill and prepare for market or consumption | |
| flambe | pour liquor over and ignite (a dish) | |
| lard | Prepare or cook with lard | |
| precook | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long | |
| preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting | |
| put on | put on the stove or ready for cooking | |
| scallop, escallop | bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | |
| whip up, whomp up | Prepare or cook quickly or hastily | |
| Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch |
| Similar to | make | Gather and light the materials for |
| Catalan | preparar | |
| Spanish | preparar | |
| Meaning | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "Get the children ready for school!" | |
| Synonyms | fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set | |
| Narrower | brace, poise | Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult |
| cram | Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam | |
| cultivate, crop, work | Prepare for crops | |
| fix | kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study | |
| mount | Fix onto a backing, setting, or support | |
| precondition | put into the required condition beforehand | |
| prime | insert / insert a primer into (a gun / gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing | |
| provide | Take measures in preparation for | |
| set up, lay out, set | Get ready for a particular purpose or event | |
| socialize, socialise | Prepare for social life | |
| summerize, summerise | Prepare for summer | |
| winterize, winterise | Prepare for winter | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | disponer, preparar | |
| Nouns | ready | poised for action / action |
| readying | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | |